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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tjepke Heeringa, Dallas, TX (US);
James Everett Kooiman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/50 (2006.01); B64C 3/28 (2006.01); B64C 3/48 (2006.01); B64C 27/22 (2006.01); B64C 13/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64C 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/50 (2013.01); B64C 3/28 (2013.01); B64C 3/48 (2013.01); B64C 13/16 (2013.01); B64C 13/28 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 27/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment includes a rotary aircraft, including: a rotary propulsion system; a body; and a pair of wings connected on opposite sides of the body, wherein each of the wings includes a flap rotatably connected to a trailing edge thereof and configured to rotate downward relative to the wing during low speed and stationary flight of the aircraft, and to rotate upward relative to the wing during high-speed flight of the aircraft.